Chapter 4 (7) A Turn for the Better

  The case fell into a stalemate again, and the boss of the Di Ao nightclub played a trick of "golden cicada shedding its shell" and disappeared. The urine tests of hundreds of people brought back from the nightclub showed that almost everyone in the private room was taking drugs. This is the largest group drug-taking case in Guining in nearly ten years. Director Qin Minghui learned about it and rushed to the anti-drug brigade to hold a meeting, where he scolded so fiercely that every member of the anti-drug brigade felt their head had been drilled into their crotch!

  "Narcotics Brigade! The renowned golden signboard, what has it become in your hands? Occupying a place and guarding a safe haven, don't you all want to do anything about it?" After finishing the meeting, Qin Minghui threw out a sentence and left. The leaders of the Narcotics Brigade and the civil police looked at each other in dismay.

  "Head, we're in trouble now!" Seeing Qin Minghui storm out, Xiao Bin stuck his tongue out at Old Wei.

  "A black face and a white face, let's wait for the director to speak." Old Wei was experienced, in his career as a police officer, Qin Minghui had lost his temper more than once or twice.

  The political commissar's role was to placate everyone and get them back to work, of course without yelling furiously. After lecturing on some grand principles, the commissar used a combination of soft and hard tactics to get the squadron leader to sign a military order, with a deadline to crack the case.

  The meaning of cracking the case within a time limit is that the anti-drug brigade, from leaders to police officers, must work continuously until they catch the mastermind behind the scenes!

  "Lao Wei, you said this case from start to finish was the one you followed for the longest time." The political commissar left, and the battalion commander's head got bigger, so he had no choice but to grab a strong stick.

  "I figured the driver was part of the transportation chain, the Di'O nightclub was a distribution point, and those young kids were just the final victims in this chain. The people we brought back have been interrogated, but there's no valuable intel." Old Wei said simply.

  "So you must have a detective route?"

  "Based on past experience, once an important figure in the chain is caught and interrogated, there's usually a breakthrough. But this time..." Old Wei paused, looking at Captain Li: "The driver is dead, two of the distributors are dead, now we only need to find a way to catch the mastermind behind the Di'O nightclub, his name is..." Old Wei couldn't remember for a moment and turned to Xiao Bin for help.

  "Wang Licheng." Xiao Bin whispered.

  "Wang Licheng, also known as Brother Cheng, is the behind-the-scenes boss of the Diao Ye nightclub. I suspect he has colluded with foreign drug traffickers and uses the Diao Ye nightclub as a cover for distributing drugs. We have already sent out a notice to various stations and airports for assistance in the investigation, but I estimate that by now, he has probably escaped overseas."

  "That day we raided the Diou nightclub, two people were destroying drugs, later we detected a very high concentration of drug residues in the sewer, I estimate that before the special police controlled the scene, they had already destroyed at least several dozen kilograms, I estimate that Wang Licheng still has drugs stored elsewhere, how did such a large batch of drugs come in, we are also investigating."

  "Using a truck to smuggle?" the captain asked.

  "Now all ports have strengthened their inspections, it's very unlikely that such a large batch of drugs could get through." said Lao Wei.

  "How much contraband do you think Wang Licheng has on hand?" the captain asked.

  "Based on the amount of drugs seized from Diu, it is estimated that Wang Licheng's stash in other places will not be less than 200 kilograms!"

  Lao Wei's words made everyone silent. 200 kilograms of drugs flowing into society will cause untold harm.

  "Think of a way to get Wang Licheng out!" said the squadron leader.

  ……

  Lao Wei's judgments were mostly correct, but Wang Licheng did not leave Rui Ning, and instead hid in a farm on the outskirts of Rui Ning.

  This farm appears to be a breeding ground on the surface, but in reality it is Wang Licheng's warehouse for storing poisonous goods. At this time, Wang Licheng was sitting next to the pigpen with a gloomy face, looking at those oinking pigs and worrying.

  "Brother Cheng, what about these goods..." a henchman asked in a low voice.

  "Does Cong have any news?" Wang Licheng felt a glimmer of hope.

  "Now your wanted posters are everywhere at the train station and docks. Brother Cheng, if you don't leave now, there won't be another chance." Ma Zai was very anxious.

  "Damn it! I just made a little progress, and the cops showed up!" Wang Licheng viciously picked up a stick and slammed it at a pig head that was peeking out at him. The fat pig, which had come to beg for food, unexpectedly got hit with a stick and let out a loud oink as it retreated to the corner of the pen.

  Wang Licheng had been dealing with drugs for about two or three years, but he was always small-time, relying on secretly selling in nightclubs. However, a year ago, someone named Zhu Jie found him through an intermediary and offered to establish a distribution channel with huge profits. Wang Licheng made some inquiries and found out that Zhu Jie was actually involved in drug smuggling, having started her business by controlling the channels of southern China. If he could get in on Zhu Jie's line, the profit would be much more than what he could make from his nightclub. However, this was a risky business, and Wang Licheng was cautious. Last year, he heard that one of Zhu Jie's trusted subordinates, Jiuge, had been killed by special police, leaving a gap in the market for a long time. Wang Licheng thought it was the right moment to intervene, taking advantage of Zhu Jie's eagerness to reopen the market. However, he encountered problems with transportation and spent two months thinking of ways to smuggle several hundred kilograms of goods into the country. Just as he had made his first sale, the police caught wind of it, and his nightclub was shut down. The buyers were also scared off, and no one dared to buy from him again.

  "How much goods do we have left?" Wang Licheng asked.

  "There's still about 500 catties..." Ma Zai replied.

  500 kilograms of drugs, worth tens of millions, but if they can't be cashed out, they're just a pile of useless powder. Wang Licheng has to think of a way to turn them into cash. Now it's impossible for him to distribute them on his own, he racked his brains and thought that he should negotiate with the supplier.

  Wang Licheng's superior was called Zhu Jie, but Zhu Jie had only heard of him and never met him in person. All communication between Wang Licheng and Zhu Jie was done through an intermediary. These days, Wang Licheng wasn't even sure if the police had found his phone number, so he kept it turned off. Now, in this situation, he felt it necessary to take a risk, so he turned on his phone and dialed the intermediary's number.

  "Cheng Ge, you've made money but won't even answer phone calls." The middleman in the headphones sneered.

  "Somewhere... somewhere, something's happened, the nightclub has been shut down." Wang Licheng awkwardly forced a laugh.

  "What about the goods?" The middleman's tone was very unpleasant: "Sister Zhu will definitely be very unhappy if she finds out."

  "Heh heh...... Heh heh...... This...... You and Zhu Jie explain it, I'll definitely think of a way for the payment...... This......"

  "You and Sister Zhu explain it yourself, 200 million yuan in goods...Sister Zhu trusted you to give the goods first..."

  "I understand, I understand. Is it arranged for me to meet with Sister Zhu?" Wang Licheng knew the rules of this business. Everyone was making money by risking their lives. If they lost someone else's money, that person would want their head. Wang Licheng gritted his teeth. How could he get the tiger cubs without entering the tiger's den? Maybe there was still a chance to turn things around if he went to see Sister Zhu once.

  "Huh? I'm asking you, will you call me at 6 o'clock tonight, and... are the cops tapping your phone? Change to a different number!" The middleman reminded him.

  "It shouldn't be, this number is confidential."

  "Be careful, after all it's your own head." The middleman sneered.

  "I understand, I understand..." Wang Licheng quickly hung up the phone, thought for a moment, and then turned it off and removed the card.

  "I'm going to find Cong Zai, you stay here and watch, if something happens I'll call you." Wang Licheng felt that staying here was not a good idea either, might as well sneak across the border to M area early.

  These days, the hard work of the anti-drug team has not been in vain. The phone number used by Wang Licheng was still found by Old Wei, who is very sharp. This is the phone number left by Wang Licheng's ex-wife, which is rarely used normally. Old Wei thought it necessary to locate this number, but for several days, the technical investigation team did not find any signal of this number being turned on. Just now, within a short minute, the screen of the technical investigation team lit up and the alarm sounded "beep beep".

  "What is this? Hmm? Quick! Quick! Inform the anti-drug brigade!" For several days, the technical investigation team had been locating a possible mobile phone signal of Wang Licheng, but to no avail. The appearance of this signal excited the civilian police officers.

  Day after day of exhaustion, plus the pain from his wound, made Lao Wei unable to rest well. He pushed two chairs together and lay down on them, wanting to sneak in a nap. Just as he had settled in, Xiao Bin burst into the office, "Boss! Boss! The technical investigation team has found the location!"

  "Found it? Where is it?" Old Wei suddenly jumped up, but the chair was unstable and he fell to the ground with a thud. He didn't care about the pain, scrambled up: "Quickly, call people, set off immediately!"

  Several police cars roared out of the Narcotics Brigade's courtyard and rushed straight to a farm in the suburbs.

  Wang Licheng left the farm after making a phone call to the intermediary and met up with Ma Zai Congzai. They drove non-stop towards the border, avoiding highways and taking small roads instead. Less than two hours later, Old Wei arrived at the farm with anti-drug police officers.